Davie Village (also known as Davie District or simply Davie Street) is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the city's gay subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village, or gaybourhood. Davie Village is centred on Davie Street and roughly includes the area between Burrard and Jervis streets. Davie Street—and, by extension, the Village—is named in honour of A.E.B. Davie, eighth Premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889; A.E.B's brother Theodore was also Premier, from 1892 to 1895.
Along Davie Street are a variety of shops, restaurants, services, and
hotels catering to a variety of customers, in addition to private
residences. The business with the most notoriety is Little Sister's Book
and Art Emporium ("Little Sister's"), a gay and lesbian bookstore,
because of its ongoing legal battles with Canada Customs that have
received extensive national media coverage. Many businesses and
residents along Davie Street and in the West End generally also fly
rainbow flags as a symbol of gay pride, and many of the covered bus stop
benches and garbage cans along Davie Street are painted bright pink.
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